In which of the following ways was the Prague Spring in 1968 similar to the Hungarian uprising in 1956?
A) Both were attempts to undercut the Marshall Plan in eastern Europe.
B) Both were primarily revolts conducted according to the principles of nonviolent civil disobedience.
C) Both were responding to the Cultural Revolution.
D) Both attempts to decrease communist authoritarianism in eastern Europe were crushed by the Soviet military.

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Both the Prague Spring and the Hungarian uprising were movements within Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe that sought to introduce reforms and reduce the extent of Soviet-imposed authoritarianism. The Soviet Union responded to both by deploying military force to suppress these attempts, maintaining its control over the Eastern Bloc.

In Which of the Following Ways Was the Prague Spring